In mid-March, Xiao He officially joined the crew.

The filming of "The Imperial Empire" was scheduled to take place in Hengdian, the famous Hengdian World Studios.

With its complete infrastructure and numerous ready-made filming locations, this location is an excellent choice for starting filming a period drama. This also means that the entire filming period will be quite "lively" for the crew.

After all, Hengdian World Studios is home to almost 80% of the industry's most enthusiastic fans, and film crews flock there, along with numerous paparazzi.

Here, it's common for the total number of film and television crews to exceed one hundred. During peak season, it's not uncommon for more than 30,000 film and television workers to be working in Hengdian at the same time. The resulting proxy photography industry has formed a complete industrial chain. The most popular celebrities can even have groups of hundreds of people accompanying them to and from work to "clock in." There are more fans and proxy photographers on site than the crew members...

Although the closed-off filming environment that Director Qiu had envisioned had vanished in such a "lively" setting, he still set out many rules and regulations and reminded Xiao He and the companies of several other actors to restrain fans and paparazzi in advance so as not to interfere with their filming.

Xiao He wasn't too worried about this.

Before the Spring Festival, their company dealt with a group of irrational haters and extreme fans, severely cleaned up the chaos among fans, and successfully deterred some overly enthusiastic fans. Therefore, after hearing the news that Xiao He was joining the crew, most of the fans were very rational. Some of the fans with free time were preparing to come to Xiao He's joining the crew and to clock in and out, but they would not do anything too outrageous.

As for the paparazzi, there are actually very few paparazzi following Xiao He now, and the ones who are stationed here are no longer under Xiao He's control; it all depends on what the production team plans to do.

Therefore, when Xiao He arrived at the scene early this morning, he was relatively low-key and did not cause much of a stir.

On the contrary, the other people who joined the group also caused quite a stir.

First up is Yun Ziqi.

To be honest, seeing Yun Ziqi here was both unexpected and not unexpected for Xiao He.

Even though he lost the competition for the male lead in "The Imperial Empire", given how much he and his company valued the project, Yun Ziqi will definitely still join the cast and play a role in the end.

So when Yun Ziqi looked over, Xiao He, who was already sitting in the chair, slightly raised his chin and gave him a calm smile.

Yun Ziqi nodded, then looked away and whispered to his new agent.

Shu Han whispered to himself, "Yun Ziqi's new agent is not simple."

Xiao He then shifted his gaze to Yun Ziqi's new agent.

Yun Ziqi's former agent was not on the same page as him, so after many things happened, he changed to a new agent and readjusted his career development.

The female agent who was appointed in a time of crisis was quite tall and somewhat overweight. She had a fierce-looking face with a lot of menacing features. If it weren't for her long hair and obvious feminine characteristics, Xiao He would have «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» suspected that she was actually a man.

Xiao He had never seen such an agent before; she was completely different from Liu Rulan, who always maintained a refined and elegant demeanor no matter how busy she was with work.

Although no one has ever stipulated that agents must be fashionable and trendy, and must wear nice clothes and exquisite makeup when going out, Xiao He was really at a loss for words when faced with a woman who didn't care about her image at all and looked like a kidnapper standing next to her artist...

He stared at the other person's face, remaining silent for a moment. He felt a sense of familiarity amidst his shock, but after searching his memory, he couldn't find the corresponding face.

So Xiao He asked Shu Han beside him, "Who is she? She looks somewhat familiar?"

Shu Han immediately introduced, "An Laijia is of mixed Chinese and Korean descent. She used to be in the entertainment industry and has a very good relationship with several powerful figures in the Beijing entertainment circle. She originally ran an independent studio. I didn't expect that Yun Ziqi would recruit her as his manager. It's really unexpected."

Xiao He narrowed his eyes: "The name sounds familiar, but I don't remember it very well. But I feel like she didn't look like this before, right?"

Having been in the industry for so long, he has basically gotten to know everyone. He should have some impression of this agent who was specifically mentioned by Shu Han.

"Yes, she used to be in a girl group, but I heard that she got sick and took a lot of hormone drugs, which is why she looks like this now."

Shu Han's words made Xiao He raise an eyebrow slightly.

If that's the case, then the other person is also a pitiful one.

Perhaps it's because he's been in the industry for so long and heard all sorts of bizarre stories, but when Xiao He heard this story, his first reaction was that something was wrong.

He now has no good feelings towards Yun Ziqi or the entire Yun family, so he is also wary of Jingyou Entertainment and the agents who have appeared around Yun Ziqi.

After all, Xiao He is now the male lead in "The Imperial Empire".

Filming hasn't started yet. If something happens to the male lead and he gets replaced, then Yun Ziqi and the others will have a much better chance.

Even Liu Rulan and He Wenming personally accompanied the crew this time, remaining on standby in Hengdian at all times, so it's no wonder Xiao He was wary of them.

So Xiao He turned his head and asked again, "Is she very capable?"

"Hmm—" Shu Han thought for a moment and then said, "My manager reminded me before he came to be careful. He didn't tell me the details, but someone who can make it in a Korean group and establish his own independent studio in the Beijing entertainment circle must be a tough guy. You should be careful too."

In fact, Shu Han didn't feel much of a crisis, but considering the complexity of the film crew, he couldn't help but want to remind Xiao He.

Of course, a large part of the reason for this relaxation is that he is not the male lead.

The male lead is under the watchful eyes of countless people, so he has a lot to consider, while he is just a minor supporting character, so he doesn't have as many concerns.

Shu Han patted Xiao He on the shoulder with pity and said, "Your relationship with Yun Ziqi isn't very good right now, so be careful. If anything happens, come to me or tell your agent directly. She definitely won't let you suffer."

“My agent didn’t tell me much,” Xiao He shrugged. “That shouldn’t be too much of a hassle.”

Either Liu Rulan believed he could solve it, or Liu Rulan believed she could cover for him.

Anyway, it won't affect his status as the male lead.

Xiao He simply and lazily looked away.